Maintenance Manager

Zausner Foods Corporation; California; On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Zausner Foods Corporation in City of Industry, CA, is hiring a Maintenance Manager to lead all maintenance activities for production equipment, utilities, and facilities. This role ensures safe, efficient operations and supports plant performance through preventive and predictive strategies.

The candidate will supervise the maintenance team, drive improvements in yields and line effectiveness, and ensure regulatory compliance and cost control across equipment and facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Food Processing related area or equivalent combination of education/experience
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in industrial plant maintenance, preferably in food manufacturing
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a leadership capacity
• Ability to read blueprints, interpret basic formulas, and use a variety of tools/instruments
• Experience with PLC and VFD systems, and CMMS inventory control

Responsibilities

• Directly supervises the maintenance team
• Direct maintenance of production assets to ensure line effectiveness and cost control
• Maintain building structures, facilities, utilities and equipment
• Support plant trials, new installations and engineering projects
• Monitor OEE, line speeds and yields; identify improvement opportunities
• Develop predictive and preventive maintenance plans to improve equipment reliability
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory and environmental requirements
• Conduct regular team meetings and drive continuous improvement
• Maintain documentation and performance logs and timekeeping in SAP

Skills

Supervisory skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Food Processing

Tools

CMMS

SAP

ADP

PLC/VFD knowledge

Job description

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Maintenance Manager

Full Time City of Industry, CA, US

4 days ago Requisition ID: 1307

Salary Range: $120,000.00 To $120,000.00 Annually

Join our team as a Maintenance Manager to provide leadership and direction for all maintenance activities to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operation of production equipment, utilities, and facility systems while supporting overall plant performance.

A Day in the Life | Responsibilities We Trust You With:

• Directly supervises the maintenance team
• Direct the maintenance of physical assets of the plant to insure continued operation and attainment of line effectiveness, yields and costs
• Direct the maintenance of building structures and facilities in including utilities
• Manage and support any/all plant equipment, product trials, new installations and engineering projects
• Support the operations team in reviewing operating standards, line speeds, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), yields and identify improvement opportunities
• Develop long-term predictive and preventive plans to improve equipment sustainability, and attainment of line effectiveness, yields and competitive costs Manage maintenance to ensure optimized and competitive costs
• Ensure compliance with all company, city, state and federal regulations
• Ensure compliance to Safety, preventative maintenance policies and procedures
• Conduct routine team meetings (daily/weekly/monthly as applicable), including continuous improvement routine meeting participation
• Ensure efficient, safe and compliant operation of plant facilities; to include electrical, ammonia, steam, water and waste water functions
• Maintain documentation and performance logs of employees
• Provide yearly reviews for employees
• Maintain the timekeeping system (ADP) for the department and SAP
• Maintain regular, predictable attendance
• Responsible for Repairs and Maintenance Budget.
• Ensures, CMMS system is up to date with parts, work orders, PM’s etc.
• Hands on.
• Other duties as assigned

What You Must Know | Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Food Processing related area or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in industrial plant maintenance, preferably in food manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a leadership capacity
• Ability to use basic shop mathematics, handbook formulas, interpret simple blueprints and drawings, and use a wide variety of tools or precision measuring instruments
• Ability to setup, re-tool, operate somewhat complex machines
• Ability to troubleshoot and repair electrical and pneumatic systems
• Knowledge of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and (VFD) systems;
• Inventory control experience on CMMS
• Preventative and predictive Maintenance experience
• Computer proficiency
• Demonstrated technical aptitude and strong experience with fluid mechanics, refrigeration (ammonia systems), heat transfer process, building/plant construction and new equipment installation with sanitary design of USDA/3A sanitary design principles, OSHA, EPA and related regulations, industrial best practices engineering principles
• Experience with waste water management systems

Your Working Relationships | Leadership:

• Directly supervises maintenance team members
• Leads, motivates, and develops employees
• Assigns work, monitors performance, and ensures accountability
• Promotes knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• Collaborates cross-functionally across departments